Fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh inseparable part of Azerbaijan, says Putin
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Nagorno-Karabakh is an inseparable part of Azerbaijan, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday. According to Daily Sabah, Putin told Rossiya 1 TV, the fact that Armenia has not recognized the sovereignty of occupied Nagorno-Karabakh has proven that the area is an inseparable part of Azerbaijani territory. The Russian president noted that Armenia's and the neighbors' refusal to recognize the occupied territory and international law have all supported Azerbaijani legitimacy over the area. Read More
25 Russian peacekeepers’ posts established in Nagorno Karabakh
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Russian peacekeepers have deployed 25 observation posts in Nagorno Karabakh for observing the preservation of the ceasefire. Armenian news agency quoted a statement by the Russian Defense Ministry as saying that the deployment of peacekeepers in Nagorno Karabakh continues in line with the November 10 decree of the Russian President. Read More
Why Putin virtually forced Armenia to surrender to Azerbaijan?
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian announced on Monday night that he has "painfully" signed an agreement with the leaders of Azerbaijan and Russia to end the war with Azerbaijan. Russian President allowed the fighting to continue as Armenia suffered heavy losses? Many analysts believe, Putin perhaps wanted to punish Armenia for its pro-US and pro-NATO policies. Read More
Violent protests erupt in Armenia rejecting the Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Chaotic scenes erupted inside Armenia's parliament in the early hours of Tuesday as protesters angry at the Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal with Azerbaijan seized control of its chamber to denounce the country's leadership as they lynched the parliament speaker, Daily Sabah reported. Hundreds of people stormed into the building after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian announced the agreement to end six weeks of fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Read More
Armenia agrees to end war with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said Monday night that he has "painfully" signed an agreement with the leaders of Azerbaijan and Russia to end the war with Azerbaijan on Tuesday, Daily Sabah reported. "I have signed a statement with the presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan on the termination of the Karabakh war," Pashinyan said in a statement posted on his Facebook page, calling the move "unspeakably painful for me personally and for our people." Read More
Putin, Macron express concern on Nagorno-Karabakh fighting as Armenia suffers loses
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed in a phone call the ongoing fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh and expressed their concern about the involvement of extremists from Syria and Libya in the conflict, Tass quoted the Kremlin press office as saying Saturday. "While discussing Nagorno-Karabakh, they expressed deep concern about the ongoing large-scale hostilities in the conflict zone and increasing involvement of extremists arriving from Syria and Libya into it," the statement says. Read More
Putin calls for peace talks on Nagorno-Karabakh involving Turkey
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Turkey should be among countries involved in talks to end fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, as Azerbaijan and Armenia again accused each other on Thursday of shelling civilians in and around the mountain enclave, Reuters reported Thursday. Putin told an online Russian investment forum Thursday that "many countries, including Turkey and a host of European states" should work together to find consensus. Turkey, an ally of Azerbaijan, has demanded a greater say in talks. "The first stage is to stop the fighting, stop the killing," said Putin. Read More
The US-mediated ceasefire also fails to hold in Nagorno-Karabakh fighting
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Armenia and Azerbaijan on Monday accused each other of violating a new cease-fire announced the day before in a bid to halt the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh that has killed hundreds, possibly thousands, in just four weeks, the Associated Press reported from Yevran. The truce that took effect Monday morning was agreed upon on Sunday after talks facilitated by the United States. It was a third attempt to establish a lasting cease-fire in the flare-up of a decades-old conflict and, just like the previous two, it was immediately challenged by claims of violation from both sides, the AP said. Read More
Armenia, Azerbaijan accuse each other of shelling despite cease-fire
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali : A new cease-fire aimed at stopping the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh appears to be in jeopardy with Armenian forces and Azerbaijan accusing each other of renewed shelling, according to Radio Free Europe. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said Armenian forces had shelled its positions in the Goranboy, Tartar, and Agdam regions of Azerbaijan overnight and the Agcabadi region was being shelled on the morning of October 19. Read More
Armenia & Azerbaijan declare a new ceasefire
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to stop fighting for “humanitarian reasons” after dozens of civilians have died in the latest flare-up over the disputed region, RT reported Saturday. The foreign ministries of the two countries announced the decision late on Saturday, simultaneously releasing similar statements. However, Armenia has accused Azerbaijan of violating a fresh “humanitarian truce” minutes after the agreement came into force, as both Russia and France said they intervened in an attempt to mediate an end to the latest escalation in violence over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Read More
Nagorno-Karaback war missiles hit Iran’s East Azarbaijan
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Missiles fired by opposing sides in the Nagorno-Karabakh war hit a district in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, south of the Azerbaijan-Armenia border, Anadolu News agency quoting the Iranian state media as saying Thursday. Ten missiles landed in two villages in the Khudaferin district, injuring a civilian when rockets hit a house, IRNA News Agency quoted the district’s Governor Ali Emiri Rad. Read More
Amid violation accusations Nagorno-Karabakh truce under severe strain
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: A Russian-brokered humanitarian ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh was under severe strain on Sunday a day after it was agreed, with Azerbaijan and Armenia accusing each other of serious violations and crimes against civilians, Reuters reported. The ceasefire, clinched after marathon talks in Moscow advocated by President Vladimir Putin, was meant to halt fighting to allow ethnic Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh and Azeri forces to swap prisoners and war dead. Read More
Russia-brokered Nagorno-Karabakh cease-fire fails to hold
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Hours after a Russian-brokered cease-fire went into effect, Armenia and Azerbaijan on Saturday accused each other of violating the truce. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who mediated the negotiations in Moscow Friday, announced the cease-fire after 10 hours of talks with Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers. He also said Armenia and Azerbaijan had agreed to launch talks on the settlement of the conflict. Read More
Armenia and Azerbaijan agree to ceasefire: Russian Foreign Minister
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Armenia and Azerbaijan Friday agreed to a ceasefire to exchange prisoners and bodies of those killed in the fighting between Azeri and Armenian forces over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced after marathon talks in Moscow. After 10 hours of talks with his Armenian and Azeri Foreign Ministers, Sergei Lavrov, announced that the ceasefire will begin on Saturday at 3 a.m.(midnight GMT). He added that International Red Cross Committee would act as an intermediary in the humanitarian operation. Read More
Russia has security obligations to Armenia, not Nagorno-Karabakh: Putin
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: In a major setback to Armenia in fight over Nagorno-Karaback, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kremllin said Wednesday that the Armenia-Azerbaijan military conflict was not taking place in the Armenian lands. Russia may stand up for Armenia under its Collective Security Treaty obligations, but these obligations do not cover the unrecognized republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists Wednesday. Read More
Fresh call for ceasefire as Nagorno-Karabakh conflict escalates
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: The foreign ministers of the US, France and Russia condemned Monday the "unprecedented and dangerous escalation of violence" between Armenia and Azerbaijan, calling for the parties to institute a ceasefire. In a joint statement the top officials stressed "unconditionally that recent attacks allegedly targeting civilian centers - both along the Line of Contact and on the territories of Azerbaijan and Armenia outside the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone - and the disproportionate nature of such attacks constitute an unacceptable threat to the stability of the region." Read More
Armenia & Azerbaijan accuse each other of shelling cities as fighting enters second week
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Heavy fighting continued on Sunday, as the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh entered its second week. With both Armenia and Azerbaijan making opposing claims of escalations by the other side. Baku reported that Azerbaijan’s second-largest city, Ganja, was hit by Armenian missile strikes, while Yerevan insisted that Azeri forces shelled, Stepanakert, the major population centre in Nagorno-Karabakh. Read More
Armenia says ready to work towards ceasefire as Nagorno-Karabakh fighting enters into sixth day
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Armenia has said it is prepared to work with international mediators to reach a ceasefire with Azerbaijan as the two rivals fight over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, where fierce clashes spilled into a sixth day. On Thursday, leaders of Russia, France and the United States — co-chairs of the so-called Minsk Group, which was set up by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in 1992 to resolve the conflict — issued a joint statement calling for an immediate cease-fire and “resuming substantive negotiations ... under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs.” Read More
Armenia, Azerbaijan reject peace talks on Nagorno-Karabakh as fighting continues
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Armenia and Azerbaijan vowed to keep fighting and rejected international calls for negotiations on Wednesday as clashes over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region raged for a fourth day. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Tuesday that the atmosphere was not right for talks with Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev has also rejected any possibility of talks with Armenia. Baku and Yerevan have ignored mounting international pressure for a ceasefire, as fears grow that the conflict could escalate into all-out war and draw in regional powers like Turkey and Russia. Read More
UN Security Council urges speedy halt to Nagorno-Karabakh fighting
as Armenia accuses Turkey of shooting down its fighter jet
By Abdus-Sattar Ghazali: The U.N. Security Council called on Armenia and Azerbaijan Tuesday to immediately halt fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh and urgently resume talks without preconditions. "The Security Council members voiced support for the call by the Secretary-General on the sides to immediately stop fighting, de-escalate tensions and return to meaningful negotiations without delay," UNSC chairman Abdou Abarry, representing Niger, said in a statement. Abarry added that the Council condemned the use of force and expressed concern about the clashes in the area. Read More
Armenia, Azerbaijan clash over Nagorno-Karabakh for a second day
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali: Armenia and Azerbaijan fought over Nagorno-Karabakh for a second day Monday, with both sides blaming each other for resuming the attacks that reportedly killed and wounded dozens, according to the media reports. The heavy fighting broke out Sunday in Nagorno-Karabakh that lies within Azerbaijan but has been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by the Armenian government since 1994. Read More
Fighting flares between Armenia and Azerbaijan over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali:The worst clashes since 2016 have raised the specter of a new war between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which have been locked for decades in a territorial dispute over the Armenia-backed breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. A major confrontation between Muslim Azerbaijan and Christian Armenia threatened to embroil regional players Russia and Turkey, according to Al Jazeera. Read More
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